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romney, the first republican nominee in the history of our nbc wall street journal poll to go into his convention with his personal rating under water and into his campaign with a painful number. >> their bought ads early and were very careful about where to buy the ads. in the last week of the election, the obama campaign paid $550 for a single ad in raleigh, north carolina. >> romney bought it the week of. lesson two, the republican brand needs a hard look. if you take that out, it's been nearly five years. just 36% said they had a positive view of the republican party. >> todd aiken richard murdauch over the summer and the fall. now, as the parting debates whether to modernize, it has to repair its image. and that leads us to lesson three. demographics are destiny. romney won a higher percentage of the white vote than any candidate since rond reagan in 1984. >> lost the election by a wider margin. why? because the composition of the electorate changed. as the obama campaign predicted more than a year ago, the white portion of the electorate dropped from 74 pnt in 2008 to 72% in 2012
romney, the first republican nominee in the history of our nbc wall street journal poll to go into his convention with his personal rating under water and into his campaign with a painful number. >> their bought ads early and were very careful about where to buy the ads. in the last week of the election, the obama campaign paid $550 for a single ad in raleigh, north carolina. >> romney bought it the week of. lesson two, the republican brand needs a hard look. if you take that out,...
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. >> but to be fair to us, howie, and the press, there was plenty written about the romney polling showing a much rosier scenario than any of the public data. you know, when they would say that their poll had had them up in ohio. a lot of public data showing you are losing ohio. >> a lot of romney's inadequa inadequacies as a candidate. >> the other issue involving facade. no-drama institution and that these guys get along completely well. in the previous book that i did, we talked about frictions on the communication team. those frictions stayed throughout the entire campaign and, in fact, an interesting tension that i report upon between the white house and chicago. david plouffe who was the mastermind of '08 took on a much more substantial role in running things out of chicago after things were starting to fraul apart in may. >> you set up my next question. why now after the contest is over would people on both sides tell you these things? some score settling going on? >> people on the obama side, you know, it's really interesting. you know, obviously, this was, this election was a resu
. >> but to be fair to us, howie, and the press, there was plenty written about the romney polling showing a much rosier scenario than any of the public data. you know, when they would say that their poll had had them up in ohio. a lot of public data showing you are losing ohio. >> a lot of romney's inadequa inadequacies as a candidate. >> the other issue involving facade. no-drama institution and that these guys get along completely well. in the previous book that i did, we...
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the president would have to redeem himself and polls show he did. >> i said if i got bin laden in our sights i would take that shot. >> reporter: but at number two came the mother of october surprises -- sandy. the devastating superstorm put much of the nation's focus on the president's handling of the crisis and the high marks he received from a top romney surrogate, new jersey governor chris christie. >> i cannot thank the president enough for his personal concern and compassion for our state. >> reporter: polls showed the race moving to the president, who won handily. >> this election is over. let our principles endure. >> reporter: the sizable margin of victory blind-sided the romney campaign. >> the task of perfecting our union moves forward.
the president would have to redeem himself and polls show he did. >> i said if i got bin laden in our sights i would take that shot. >> reporter: but at number two came the mother of october surprises -- sandy. the devastating superstorm put much of the nation's focus on the president's handling of the crisis and the high marks he received from a top romney surrogate, new jersey governor chris christie. >> i cannot thank the president enough for his personal concern and...
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in the polling, they assumed a smaller turnout by democrats than they got, but what they were really guilty of was phenomenal cautiousness, over caution. they felt they could win simply on the economy. that if the economy was bad, they would win by default. as a result, they allowed the democrats to define their guy as a clueless, out of touch rich guy and did nothing to rebut that, even though i think mitt romney is a much better person than they allowed him to appear to the american public. they were so cautious, so careful. they were afraid of more monism. they blew it. >> alright, take a look at this, please. -- they were afraid of mormonism. >> the boardwalk, the sons of my childhood no longer exist. >> after hurricane city ravaged the nation, the nation's top chris christie, a romney supporter, buddying up to president obama. >> when you know you have a responsibility to those folks, you could give a damn about the politics. i could care less about politics. >> what is chris christie's future? >> re-election looks quite probable, to the point where the mayor of newark, seen as
in the polling, they assumed a smaller turnout by democrats than they got, but what they were really guilty of was phenomenal cautiousness, over caution. they felt they could win simply on the economy. that if the economy was bad, they would win by default. as a result, they allowed the democrats to define their guy as a clueless, out of touch rich guy and did nothing to rebut that, even though i think mitt romney is a much better person than they allowed him to appear to the american public....
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and romney, the first republican nominee in the history of our poll to go into a convention with his personal rating under water and campaign with a painful number, just 47% of voters viewing him positively. the obama campaign was also able to get more bang for the buck because they bought ads early and they were careful about where to buy the ads. in the last week, they paid $5 fif 50 for a single ad in raleigh. the romney campaign had to pay $2,665 for the same ad. >> lesson two, the republican brand needs a hard look. the gop's favorable rating has been under water for two years, since december 2010. if you take that out, it's been nearly five years. in our final full poll before the election, just 36% of voters said they had a positive view of the republican party. the democratic party's favorable rating was in positive territory, though just barely, at 42%/40%. but they put harsh republican rhetoric on immigration on full display. the todd akin/richard mourdock wing damaged the republicans. now as the party decides whether to moderate or modernize, it has to repair its image, pa
and romney, the first republican nominee in the history of our poll to go into a convention with his personal rating under water and campaign with a painful number, just 47% of voters viewing him positively. the obama campaign was also able to get more bang for the buck because they bought ads early and they were careful about where to buy the ads. in the last week, they paid $5 fif 50 for a single ad in raleigh. the romney campaign had to pay $2,665 for the same ad. >> lesson two, the...
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the president would have to redeem himself and polls show that he did. >> i said if i got bin laden in our sights, i would take that shot. >> reporter: but at number two came the mother of october surprises. sandy. the devastating superstorm put much of the nation's focus on the president's handling of the crisis. and the high marks he received from a top romney surrogate, new jersey governor, chris christie. >> i can't thank the president enough for his personal concern and passion for our state. >> reporter: polls show the race moving towards the president who won handedly. >> this is he elecelection is o. >> reporter: the victory blindsided romney. >> the task of of moving forward. >> reporter: no surprise the biggest campaign story of the year. jim acosta, cnn, washington. >>> don't his our "top 10 of 2012" special as cnn revisits the stories that captured this country's attention. it's sunday night at 8:00 p.m. only on cnn. >>> you're in "the situation room." happening now, a deadline that hasn't been getting much attention. but if dock workers go on strike this weekend, there may
the president would have to redeem himself and polls show that he did. >> i said if i got bin laden in our sights, i would take that shot. >> reporter: but at number two came the mother of october surprises. sandy. the devastating superstorm put much of the nation's focus on the president's handling of the crisis. and the high marks he received from a top romney surrogate, new jersey governor, chris christie. >> i can't thank the president enough for his personal concern and...
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i will guarantee that 90% of the people who went to the polls and voted this year voted for romney and obama cannot differentiate or define the difference between the annual deficit and the national debt. the national debt is the fiscal cliff. we say it's unsustainable. from a mathematical standpoint, it is almost insurmountable. the only thing these taxes will do, i have graduate students who could not put into words what a trillion dollars was. host: go ahead and finish your thought on what these taxes will do. caller: what they will do is they will give the politicians a little leeway to fool around with the national deficit, the annual deficit, but they will not put a dent in the $16 trillion debt that we owe. that is the problem. host: we appreciate that call. over the past couple weeks, c- span has been conducting interviews with some of the retiring members. we have been showing those interviewed this week. tonight, one of the retiring members we spoke with is representative lynn woolsey, a democrat of california, served about 20 years. here's a portion of that interview. [video
i will guarantee that 90% of the people who went to the polls and voted this year voted for romney and obama cannot differentiate or define the difference between the annual deficit and the national debt. the national debt is the fiscal cliff. we say it's unsustainable. from a mathematical standpoint, it is almost insurmountable. the only thing these taxes will do, i have graduate students who could not put into words what a trillion dollars was. host: go ahead and finish your thought on what...
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and then a burst of life in the national polls. then a late october surprise from mother nature that put the campaign on hold. >> this morning, the perfect storm. >> reporter: and resulted in some strange political bedfellows. >> i want to thank the president personally. >> reporter: by the end of this long, nasty campaign, millions of americans felt the same as this sobbing 4-year-old. >> i'm tired of barack obama and mitt romney. >> reporter: on november 6th, an historic win for president obama, who picked up every critical battleground state. >> barack obama has been re-elected. >> reporter: there were tears in boston. >> i so wish i had been able to fulfill your hopes to lead the country in a different direction. >> reporter: and jubilation in chicago. as the president looked ahead to four more years. >> i return to the white house more determined and more inspired than ever. >> reporter: karen travers, abc news, washington. >> some iconic moments there. it's nice to go back over those moments and relive them for a little bit.
and then a burst of life in the national polls. then a late october surprise from mother nature that put the campaign on hold. >> this morning, the perfect storm. >> reporter: and resulted in some strange political bedfellows. >> i want to thank the president personally. >> reporter: by the end of this long, nasty campaign, millions of americans felt the same as this sobbing 4-year-old. >> i'm tired of barack obama and mitt romney. >> reporter: on november...
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think it was an advantage, if only to stop momentum romney had going into the last week. >> and some of my favorite im e images was when the president was picked up by the peaches shop owner in florida. no secret service around, where were they? also the record-setting victory tweet with michelle obama, that famous photograph on the cover of "the economist," two images that got so much play on social media. >> it was amazing. the famous hugging incident at the peaches shop happened in charlotte, after the convention, president obama came after that feeling very happy and obviously one of his fans in florida was also very happy. the secret service, they had their eyes wide at that event. looked like a friendly guy, nobody was going to interrupt it and turned out to be one of the great photo opportunities of all time. the hug went out after election night after we knew obama had won picture of the two of them hugging. retweeted more than a million times. it's a social media landmark. >> unbelievable. thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thank you, sir. >> what politic
think it was an advantage, if only to stop momentum romney had going into the last week. >> and some of my favorite im e images was when the president was picked up by the peaches shop owner in florida. no secret service around, where were they? also the record-setting victory tweet with michelle obama, that famous photograph on the cover of "the economist," two images that got so much play on social media. >> it was amazing. the famous hugging incident at the peaches shop...
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, as friend sean hannity soon as they started favoring mitt romney, all these sudden the polls were -- do you really think they believe that or was it just a ploy? i really don't know. guest: i think this is one of the intriguing questions and the people have made an effort to try to answer in recent weeks. there have been all sorts of post mortems of the campaign. some in the mitt romney campaign who told mitt romney that he was going to win. in my mind, it was obvious all along. it is my business as a political analyst for fox news to look at polls, to ask hard questions about voter turnout models. consistently, the answer was president obama has a strong hand here and is likely to win in terms of those key swing states that were going to determine the electoral map. if you were going into this election the weekend before, it was pretty overwhelming, obama wins. gallup had them about even. there were some conservative pollsters who thought it was going to be a romney landslide. when we think young people are going to fade away and they are not as happy with president obama. you woul
, as friend sean hannity soon as they started favoring mitt romney, all these sudden the polls were -- do you really think they believe that or was it just a ploy? i really don't know. guest: i think this is one of the intriguing questions and the people have made an effort to try to answer in recent weeks. there have been all sorts of post mortems of the campaign. some in the mitt romney campaign who told mitt romney that he was going to win. in my mind, it was obvious all along. it is my...
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romney, first republican nominee in the history of our nbc sls "wall street journal" poll and ended with a painful number, 47% of the voters viewing him positively. the obama campaign was also able to get more bang for the buck because they bought ads early and they were very careful about where to buy the ads. in the last week of the election, the obama campaign paid $550 for a single ad in raleigh, north carolina. the romney campaign had to sell out $2,665. the obama campaign bought it way ahead of time. lesson two, the republican brand needs a hard look. the gop favorable rating underwater for two years. it's been nearly five years and the final poll, full poll before the election, just 36% of registered voters said they had a positive view of the republican party. 43% held a negative view. the democratic party's favorable rating in positive territory. though just barely at 42%-40%. more than 20 republican primary debates put immigration on full display. so now as the party debates to modernize, it has to repair the image. and that leads us to lesson three. demographics are desti
romney, first republican nominee in the history of our nbc sls "wall street journal" poll and ended with a painful number, 47% of the voters viewing him positively. the obama campaign was also able to get more bang for the buck because they bought ads early and they were very careful about where to buy the ads. in the last week of the election, the obama campaign paid $550 for a single ad in raleigh, north carolina. the romney campaign had to sell out $2,665. the obama campaign bought...
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the polling in march and april showed not a lot of excitement about mitt romney all the that we being the nominee. not there with any -- not that there was an the other clear candidates all preferred, but that he was met with a lot of lukewarm support. what we saw an hour poles, and most polls would conform to this, that once he became the nominee, that rally happen fairly quickly. we found most of the core republican voting blocs, whether it is folks that identify with the party, white evangelical voters, whether it is just a general conservative group, a business group and so forth, the rallying happened fairly quickly. i think it is a testament to how much these groups dislike barack obama. you could sort of predict that would happen and a lot of people did predict that. that rally came across fairly quickly. there is not a lot of evidence through the course of the fall or into the exit polls that there were any real resistance or lack of enthusiasm among some of the core conservative groups. one question and the together was whether his religion might be an issue for evangelical v
the polling in march and april showed not a lot of excitement about mitt romney all the that we being the nominee. not there with any -- not that there was an the other clear candidates all preferred, but that he was met with a lot of lukewarm support. what we saw an hour poles, and most polls would conform to this, that once he became the nominee, that rally happen fairly quickly. we found most of the core republican voting blocs, whether it is folks that identify with the party, white...
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there's this notion of a parallel universe where romney was always winning more was going to win. i don't think the campaign was terribly influenced by that. their own internal polling was using a model of voter turnout that did not turn out to be would actually showed up. there's no question that a lot of republicans were convinced that ronny's chances to win were because of that conservative echo chamber. host: final question for both of you. glenn thrush, what was the surprise story in the book? guest: just how dysfunctional the obama campaign was in debate preparation. we have heard that they were angry with him for not. best on debate preparation and what i found out was and he was just as angry at his debate team and they felt he was getting conflicting advice and he even stormed out in nevada after one instance. guest: we were so fascinated about why romney did not respond on tv and i was really struck by this. he never thought about putting his own money in the campaign or there was near -- never a serious conversation about putting in his money and they never even talked
there's this notion of a parallel universe where romney was always winning more was going to win. i don't think the campaign was terribly influenced by that. their own internal polling was using a model of voter turnout that did not turn out to be would actually showed up. there's no question that a lot of republicans were convinced that ronny's chances to win were because of that conservative echo chamber. host: final question for both of you. glenn thrush, what was the surprise story in the...
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romney, the first republican nominee in the history of our nbc/"wall street journal" poll go into his convention with his personal rating under water, ended his campaign with a painful number, just 47% of voteri ins viewing him positive. the obama campaign bought ads early and were careful about where to buy the ads. in the last week the obama campaign paid $550 for a single ad in raleigh, north carolina. the romney campaign had to shell out $2,665 for the same spot. why? the obama campaign purchased it way ahead of time. romney bought it the week of. lesson two, the republican brand needs a hard look. the gop's favorable rating has been under water for two years. if you take that out, it's been nearly five years. just 36% of registered voters said they had a positive view of the republican party, 43% held a negative view. the democratic party was in positive territory just barely at 42% 40%. just 20 republican primary bids put harsh republican rhetoric on immigration. so now as the party debates whether to modernize or moderate, they have to save their image, that leads to lesson thr
romney, the first republican nominee in the history of our nbc/"wall street journal" poll go into his convention with his personal rating under water, ended his campaign with a painful number, just 47% of voteri ins viewing him positive. the obama campaign bought ads early and were careful about where to buy the ads. in the last week the obama campaign paid $550 for a single ad in raleigh, north carolina. the romney campaign had to shell out $2,665 for the same spot. why? the obama...
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his name is mitt romney. you try to elect a moderate massachusetts republican. ain't going to work. >> bob: sarah palin would? >> eric: i didn't say that. >> dana: bail? we have to get to rodeo package. >> greg: dana perino, that person, the little one, obnoxious one that bother mess every day made her way to sin city for a rodeo show, i believe. >> dana: it's not a rodeo show. it's a rodeo. >> greg: why do i bother doing the tease if you will interrupt and destroy all momentum i have. this was a fun segment. now it's ruined. i'm not talking anymore. show some of this video. >> dana: wanted to know if he could get your number? >> i am booked through miss rodeo america so you have to call my committee on that one. >> dana: he probably will. >> greg: trying to get a date for you, bob. are we not taking a break now? what is going on? >> bob: the president of the united states is coming. >> dana: he can leave them waiting. >> greg: we're going to pre-empt dana perino's rodeo package. >> dana: this is an outrage. call in. vote. do not let this happen. >> eric: take a
his name is mitt romney. you try to elect a moderate massachusetts republican. ain't going to work. >> bob: sarah palin would? >> eric: i didn't say that. >> dana: bail? we have to get to rodeo package. >> greg: dana perino, that person, the little one, obnoxious one that bother mess every day made her way to sin city for a rodeo show, i believe. >> dana: it's not a rodeo show. it's a rodeo. >> greg: why do i bother doing the tease if you will interrupt and...
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>> and the president himself held governor romney in contempt, and obama's team did, and i think that was one of the big problems that they suffered heading into that debate in denver as they just didn't take all that seriously, and that was really the biggest threat that they faced was the president had not been in the game. this is a guy that -- he feels threatened. >> was that over confidence? was that arrogance? now -- >> john kerry was the president -- >> no, exactly. obama did not blame john kerry. they think this president had a hard time taking romney serious. he was a sort of gaff-prone rich guy that was not at his level. i think he won that debate because of overconfidence. he went to -- was doing some tourism in the days leading up to that denver debate. he was not focused on it. >> it was also a two-way street, you see, because obama lashed out at his own team for not prepping him properly. they had gone in -- in august they will gone in with an aggressive strategy, and then romney had the 47% comment. we have folks quoting obama who say you have confused me. you don't rea
>> and the president himself held governor romney in contempt, and obama's team did, and i think that was one of the big problems that they suffered heading into that debate in denver as they just didn't take all that seriously, and that was really the biggest threat that they faced was the president had not been in the game. this is a guy that -- he feels threatened. >> was that over confidence? was that arrogance? now -- >> john kerry was the president -- >> no,...
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the exit poll numbers are losing credibility as time goes on, but that's -- i don't want to get too -- >> yes. >> you know, geeky with you [laughter] a shift to a million voters, million and a half voters, and romney would have been in the mid 30s in terms of his share, and everybody would have said, "that was a pretty good night for a republican." now, what would have happened in terms of actual states, i knew you were going to ask that -- [laughter] >> and then i want to go down the row, getting everyone. >> it's interesting, because it doesn't -- it would have -- i'll leave it to the pundits to determine whether, you 38 know, what, you know -- if the exit polls were correct, which is an f, and you shifted 10%, took 10% of the latino vote out of obama's column and put it on romney's column, romney would have squeaked florida, would have clearly carried florida, would not necessarily have carried nevada or colorado, but they would have been close. nevada would have been very -- i mean whisper, whisper close, and colorado would have been closer. it would have been close, it wasn't eve
the exit poll numbers are losing credibility as time goes on, but that's -- i don't want to get too -- >> yes. >> you know, geeky with you [laughter] a shift to a million voters, million and a half voters, and romney would have been in the mid 30s in terms of his share, and everybody would have said, "that was a pretty good night for a republican." now, what would have happened in terms of actual states, i knew you were going to ask that -- [laughter] >> and then i...
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then mitt romney said, i'm not doing anything. >> a new poll found 44% of americans believe santa claus is a democrat. 28% say he's a republican. >>> senators and republicans put their differences aside and exchanged secret santa presents with a $10 limit. >>> utah republican mike lee gave vermont democrat and batman enthusiastic patrick leahy a batman snuggie. i didn't know those existed. happy holidays. >>> last night filmmaker and michael moore told ed schultz he is determined to change his state's newly enacted right to work law that says private and public workers do not have to pay union fees. take a listen. >> they know people don't support what their doing. that's why they had to rush this thing through before january 1st. same reason they had voter suppression. why would you suppress the vote if you thought the majority of americans were conservative? you have to suppress the vote because you know you're in the minority. it's an admission on their part they know the american people don't like the republicans or the conservative philosophy. we're a different country now. and i t
then mitt romney said, i'm not doing anything. >> a new poll found 44% of americans believe santa claus is a democrat. 28% say he's a republican. >>> senators and republicans put their differences aside and exchanged secret santa presents with a $10 limit. >>> utah republican mike lee gave vermont democrat and batman enthusiastic patrick leahy a batman snuggie. i didn't know those existed. happy holidays. >>> last night filmmaker and michael moore told ed...
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favor same-sex marriage. >>> the mitt romney campaign ad about jeep manufacturing being outsourced to china has been declared the lie of the year. >>> and finally, new mexico senator jeff bigaman went on the colbert report and you can say stretched the truth a bit. >> we know the house of representative is a bunch of losers compared you to guys. do you have the power as a senator to just walk up to anyone in congress and give them a wedgy? >> yeah, i guess i do. >> all right. that's worth it right there. >> okay. and that's your morning dish of "scrambled politics." and now for a look at your national weather, let's turn to dylan drier. she has your weather channel forecast. he didn't know how to respond to that. okay, it's worth it. >> good old fashioned wedgy. growing up with two older brothers, i had a few myself. >> poor dylan. >> yeah. we are looking at a good amount of rain across the east coast of the carolinas. don't worry. it's short lived. it's already moving off shore. so the rain that we're seeing across hateras and most of eastern north carolina, it is going to wind down
favor same-sex marriage. >>> the mitt romney campaign ad about jeep manufacturing being outsourced to china has been declared the lie of the year. >>> and finally, new mexico senator jeff bigaman went on the colbert report and you can say stretched the truth a bit. >> we know the house of representative is a bunch of losers compared you to guys. do you have the power as a senator to just walk up to anyone in congress and give them a wedgy? >> yeah, i guess i do....
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. >>> a new politico poll finds that romney supported him by 47% and 650% put romney on their night list. >>> meanwhile the president and his family got in the spirit at the christmas concert with diana ross and koenen o'brien and they got to meet some of the former patients who dressed up as santa's little helper elves. >> release the elves. hey, elf, what's your name. >> olivia. >> everybody look up and say cheese. >> cheese. >> cheese. >> say merry christmas. >> merry christmas. >> ho, ho, ho. >> ho, ho, ho. >> he does a good santa. and that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. and now for a look at your national weather, let's turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins, he has your weather forecast. incredibly cute. did you see the kid up front. >> try saying broccoli next time somebody takes a picture. that's a lot of fun. >> you have way too much time on your hands. >> well, good morning, everyone. the snow pack continues across the northern half of the country. we watched this stack last week for this time of year. only 7% of the country had snow. the northern plains were snow-fr
. >>> a new politico poll finds that romney supported him by 47% and 650% put romney on their night list. >>> meanwhile the president and his family got in the spirit at the christmas concert with diana ross and koenen o'brien and they got to meet some of the former patients who dressed up as santa's little helper elves. >> release the elves. hey, elf, what's your name. >> olivia. >> everybody look up and say cheese. >> cheese. >> cheese. >>...
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the exit poll numbers lose credibility as time goes on, but i don't want to get too geeky with you, but say, you know, shift of a million voters, million and a half voters, and romney would have been in the mid-30s in terms of the share saying that was a good night for republicans. now, what would have happened in terms of actual states? i know you were going to ask. [laughter] >> then i want to go down the road. >> it's interesting because it doesn't -- it would have -- if the exit polls were correct, which is insent, shifted 10% of the vote out of obama's column on romney's column, romney would have squeaked florida. clearly, carried florida, would not necessarily have carried nevada or colorado, but they would have been close. nevada would have been whisper close, and colorado would have been closer. it would have been close. it was not even close. it's not -- that would not have been a panacea. you know, a lot of the latino vote is padding states like new york and california. you know, obama had this much touted margin of 4.5 million votes of latinos; right? 3.5 million la tee know
the exit poll numbers lose credibility as time goes on, but i don't want to get too geeky with you, but say, you know, shift of a million voters, million and a half voters, and romney would have been in the mid-30s in terms of the share saying that was a good night for republicans. now, what would have happened in terms of actual states? i know you were going to ask. [laughter] >> then i want to go down the road. >> it's interesting because it doesn't -- it would have -- if the exit...
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a campaign if you're romney -- >> are you on the giving inch on anything? i'm asking you a philosophical question. >> yes, i am. i think when he said the private sector is doing fine, that was a much worse statement. >> i any this was pretty bad, actually. yes, it was taken out of context, but, in fact, he said it. it did hurt him. in the end, it didn't hurt that much. but that's because of the huge pushback. weeks and weeks of pushback. >> look. here this is. it blew up the network. twitter went wild. he was number 2 two on the list this year. >> we took a concerted effort to go out and find women who had backgrounds to be qualified. i went to a number of women's groups and said can you help us find folks. and they brought us binders full of women. >> what was funny there? >> it's funny because it's like a fire side theater line, a marx brothers line, you know, binderful of women. >> he should have said binders full of resumes. >> kpaktsly. talk about objectifying women. >> i didn't think that was such a big deal when i heard it the first time. i thought h
a campaign if you're romney -- >> are you on the giving inch on anything? i'm asking you a philosophical question. >> yes, i am. i think when he said the private sector is doing fine, that was a much worse statement. >> i any this was pretty bad, actually. yes, it was taken out of context, but, in fact, he said it. it did hurt him. in the end, it didn't hurt that much. but that's because of the huge pushback. weeks and weeks of pushback. >> look. here this is. it blew up...
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are skewed against mitt romney. >> i don't agree with that. i think politics is about addition not subtraction. we did a very bad job with outreach with people of color, we alienated college educated women, the gay vote and the hispanic vote. if the republicans are serious about growing as a party and about moving forward not only for 2014 but the presidential election, we need to grow and expand our base and we didn't do it this time. >> when the election was in process, why were you not standing up and condemning publicly some of the things that were repeatedly being said that were mildly racist, deliberately sexist, often divisive of people. why didn't you stand up and -- >> quite to the contrary. i have been very, very difficulty ebt db. >> you have been on the show regularly -- >> i have been on other networks and shows. >> we're not interested in those. >> of course not. >> sorry. >> but i've been very consistent about saying the republicans have done a terrible job about african-american outreach. it's just disgraceful. haven't done it.
are skewed against mitt romney. >> i don't agree with that. i think politics is about addition not subtraction. we did a very bad job with outreach with people of color, we alienated college educated women, the gay vote and the hispanic vote. if the republicans are serious about growing as a party and about moving forward not only for 2014 but the presidential election, we need to grow and expand our base and we didn't do it this time. >> when the election was in process, why were...
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you saw the poll in terms of favorability ratings. hillary clinton way up there. she's above 60%. higher than the president. higher than vice president biden. higher than any of the potential 2016 republican candidates out there. first, you think she's going to run? >> i don't know yet, wolf. what i know is that she's committed to, you know, closing out her tenure at the state department, doing a great job at the state department. perhaps resting a little bit. we'll see what happens in 2014/2015. let me just say this, as vice chair of the party, there will probably be other candidates who will also seek the presidency in 2016. >> we'll get to that. do you think she's going to run? >> i have no idea. every smart person says she will. it sounds like it, but the challenge for republicans is to stop thinking so much about who and to start thinking more about what. what will the democratic message be in 2016 and in the four years leading up and what will the message the republicans have now? that was such an important message you raised in your last interview, can we start talking abou
you saw the poll in terms of favorability ratings. hillary clinton way up there. she's above 60%. higher than the president. higher than vice president biden. higher than any of the potential 2016 republican candidates out there. first, you think she's going to run? >> i don't know yet, wolf. what i know is that she's committed to, you know, closing out her tenure at the state department, doing a great job at the state department. perhaps resting a little bit. we'll see what happens in...
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doesn't -- it would have, i'll leave it to the pundits to determine whether, you know, if the exit polls were correct, which is an if, and you shifted 10%, took 10% of the latino vote out of obama's column and put it on romney's column, romney would have squeaked florida, would have clearly carried florida. would not necessarily have carried nevada or colorado, but they would have been close. nevada would have been very, i mean, whisper, whisker close. and colorado would have been closer. it would have been close. it wasn't even close. so it's not -- that would not have been a panacea. um, you know, a lot of this latino vote is just, is padding states like new york and california. you know, obama had this much-touted margin of four and a half thousand -- four and a half million votes among latinos, right? three and a half million latino votes. but 40% of that margin sits in -- >> california and illinois. >> where he got ridiculous amounts of votes. but it doesn't -- >> doesn't matter. >> you could spend a lot of time and money racking up those votes, and it's bragging rights for one nigh
doesn't -- it would have, i'll leave it to the pundits to determine whether, you know, if the exit polls were correct, which is an if, and you shifted 10%, took 10% of the latino vote out of obama's column and put it on romney's column, romney would have squeaked florida, would have clearly carried florida. would not necessarily have carried nevada or colorado, but they would have been close. nevada would have been very, i mean, whisper, whisker close. and colorado would have been closer. it...
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the majority of romney voters on exit polls supported that position. so this is not just dealing with boehner. it's dealing with the american people. and the most important thing is to get a long-term component of the plan and the election results favor him, number 1. number 2, january 1st comes we put a bill on the floor, we quote lower taxes because we couldn't provide tax relief at that point for 98% of americans, and there's no way they would vote against that. >> stephanie: this raising the debt ceiling debacle he said is not a game i'm going to play again. >> we blew it last time. and if you remember the republicans for the first time in the history of the country, literally started playing russian roulette with america's credit, and it was such brinksmanship that we ended up having the markets panic, and had the fist downgrade in the history of our country. and that cost billions of dollars to taxpayers. in the past both parties have grandstanded on the debt ceiling increase. the out of power party always using it to make their criticisms of the
the majority of romney voters on exit polls supported that position. so this is not just dealing with boehner. it's dealing with the american people. and the most important thing is to get a long-term component of the plan and the election results favor him, number 1. number 2, january 1st comes we put a bill on the floor, we quote lower taxes because we couldn't provide tax relief at that point for 98% of americans, and there's no way they would vote against that. >> stephanie: this...
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morris said that mitt romney would win in a landslide with 325 electoral votes. he also made the prediction that president obama might pull out of the race. >>> a new "washington post"/abc news poll said that hillary clinton would be approved for president obama. and another path said that michelle obama would do well. right now she leads republican senator mark kirk of illinois 51-40%. >>> so a new congressional report shows wasteful spending of tax money that was intended for counter-terrorism purposes, some of the worst examples, the homeland security department paid for a hog catcher in texas. a fish tank and an underwater robot in a midwest city with no major rivers or lakes nearby. former republican senator allen simpson has a message, use the tools to sign up people for the can kicks back campaign to avoid the fiscal cliff and cut the national debt. the 81-year-old simpson went "gangnam style" to make his point. ♪ >> i have a bum knee. horse, horse. ride the horse. >> senator, thank you for that. and that's your morning dish of "scrambled politics." and
morris said that mitt romney would win in a landslide with 325 electoral votes. he also made the prediction that president obama might pull out of the race. >>> a new "washington post"/abc news poll said that hillary clinton would be approved for president obama. and another path said that michelle obama would do well. right now she leads republican senator mark kirk of illinois 51-40%. >>> so a new congressional report shows wasteful spending of tax money that was...
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majority of mitt romney's language, he always talked about the middle class. they were looking at the same data. you want everyone to believe in the american dream and get on. the democrats want people to get a handout. that's obviously a caricature, but when you look at what the policies actually are, when you look at how you create opportunity in the republican conservative mind, that actually is espoused by rubio and paul ryan, you're looking at a reduction of government investment and education funding. what they mean by more opportunity is more tax cuts for everyone. don't slice off the 2%. everyo deserves a tax cut. i'm a little less changes e anything more an sa y, wheard those fcus groups. maybe we didn't stick to the language of e focus groups all the me. maybe it was 47% of the time. >> e.j. >> in fact, i agree with the idea that they havt to aju just their policies this new rhetoric, although u kind of see it happen on the tax of see it happen on the tax issue. out there and say, look, we want to raise more money from the rich, too. we just want to
majority of mitt romney's language, he always talked about the middle class. they were looking at the same data. you want everyone to believe in the american dream and get on. the democrats want people to get a handout. that's obviously a caricature, but when you look at what the policies actually are, when you look at how you create opportunity in the republican conservative mind, that actually is espoused by rubio and paul ryan, you're looking at a reduction of government investment and...
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the way for greater victories. >> speaking of greater victories, at the latest "washington post"/abc poll on hillary clinton, chris cizilla indicates strong support for hillary clinton. she has really i guess she's the most popular figure in american politics. >> she is at her highest popularity rating that we have ever in "the washington post"/abc poll measured her and almost six in ten, 57% of americans, this isn't democrats, this is the american public broadly, want her to run for president in 2016. now, i would say, if she becomes a candidate, i think -- inevitably she'll be seen much more in that partisan atmosphere, some of her stratospheric numbers will drop down. i would say she has been skeptical very skeptical of running. if you look at these numbers if you have any interest of being the president of the united states this may be a hard race to say no to. >> i think the rest of the political world knows what is likely to happen. chris cizilla, thank you very much. susan page, always great to see you. >> coming up the fiscal fight continuing. he split with his party on taxes. wha
the way for greater victories. >> speaking of greater victories, at the latest "washington post"/abc poll on hillary clinton, chris cizilla indicates strong support for hillary clinton. she has really i guess she's the most popular figure in american politics. >> she is at her highest popularity rating that we have ever in "the washington post"/abc poll measured her and almost six in ten, 57% of americans, this isn't democrats, this is the american public...
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the polling is right. here is my difference. the conditions in which the world lives. right now we're talking about a possible fiscal cliff. we're not off the cliff. >> right. >> if it's january 2nd or 3rd and the stock market is going down by a couple thousand points around the world. the japanese markets, european countries, countries in europe which are precarious are in bigger trouble. the whole thing is going wacky, one guy is going to be standing in the middle of the storm, not grover norquist or some republican, but the president of the united states who has to weather the storm and point the finger across the aisle to someone nobody else in the world knows and says, speaker boehner, would you solve this problem? i'm not sure -- that's why i'm against you on this one. i think times have changed. >> economically the biggest risk is the sequestration. it's not the tax cuts going into effect. and -- >> you mean the millions of dollars -- >> the cuts that will be forced through in the next two years. that's a much bigger risk to the economy. >> therefore? >> therefo
the polling is right. here is my difference. the conditions in which the world lives. right now we're talking about a possible fiscal cliff. we're not off the cliff. >> right. >> if it's january 2nd or 3rd and the stock market is going down by a couple thousand points around the world. the japanese markets, european countries, countries in europe which are precarious are in bigger trouble. the whole thing is going wacky, one guy is going to be standing in the middle of the storm,...
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we have reported on the exit polls that show governor mitt romney captured less than 30% of the latino vote on election day. years earlier former president george w. bush or bush 43 won much higher support among that demographic. now he has some advice on how the g.o.p. can regain its footing. plus, the navy's blue angels working to ensure that every kid gets presents this holiday season. even children whose neams were right in the path of super storm sandy. we are live on the ground in jersey. that's next. i've worked hard to build my family. and also to build my career. so i'm not about to always let my frequent bladder urges, or the worry my pipes might leak get in the way of my busy lifestyle. that's why i take care, with vesicare. once-daily vesicare can help control your bladder muscle and is proven to treat overactive bladder with sympts of frequent urges and leaks day and night. if you have certain stomach or glaucoma problems, or trouble emptying your bladder, do not take vesicare. vesicare may cause allergic reactions that may be serious. if you experience swelling of the fac
we have reported on the exit polls that show governor mitt romney captured less than 30% of the latino vote on election day. years earlier former president george w. bush or bush 43 won much higher support among that demographic. now he has some advice on how the g.o.p. can regain its footing. plus, the navy's blue angels working to ensure that every kid gets presents this holiday season. even children whose neams were right in the path of super storm sandy. we are live on the ground in jersey....
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this was a low moment of the romney campaign, not just because of the comments, a, they didn't know how to react and there was a lot of internal infighting with stuart stevens and matt rhodes. >> the polling clearly suggested their candidates was in a much better position than he really was. neil newhouse spoke about what surprised him most in the turnout on election day. this is fascinating this stuff. let's listen to neil newhouse. >> the real hidden story here from our side, when you lose, you nitpick the numbers and go through this stuff. the number of white men who didn't vote in this election compared to white women compared to four years ago was extraordinary. something like 286,000 white men who voted in '08 in ohio didn't vote in '12. and in florida, something like 400,000. and these white men were replaced in the electorate to some extent by white women. we were taking a group we won by 27 points and replacing them with a group we won by 12 or 14 points. >> here is a campaign geared to igniting and irritating angry white men, getting them rhode island up. i didn't think it too
this was a low moment of the romney campaign, not just because of the comments, a, they didn't know how to react and there was a lot of internal infighting with stuart stevens and matt rhodes. >> the polling clearly suggested their candidates was in a much better position than he really was. neil newhouse spoke about what surprised him most in the turnout on election day. this is fascinating this stuff. let's listen to neil newhouse. >> the real hidden story here from our side, when...
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didn't work for romney. people were not interested in that. i don't really see what interest the white house has in making a deal. so far all the public polling makes it look like, again, this could change, but all the public polling makes it look if we go over the cliff the republicans will be blamed and they're the ones being recalcitrant and the white house can make a deal on their terms because they won. >> in terms of who's going to get blamed if we go over the cliff, ari, is there a risk as the republicans put forth a plan f you're john public, does that seem like a reasonable offer? i don't know. they're playing ball. do the democrats risk getting blamed if we go over the fiscal cliff now that there is a counter offer from the gop? >> that's the interesting question. connects with what ezra was talking about. do the actual sacrifices happen in your backyard and do they happen in the backyard of wealthy people who are a big part of the base of both of these parties let's be honest. you quoted mark thiessen quoting biggy smalls saying don
didn't work for romney. people were not interested in that. i don't really see what interest the white house has in making a deal. so far all the public polling makes it look like, again, this could change, but all the public polling makes it look if we go over the cliff the republicans will be blamed and they're the ones being recalcitrant and the white house can make a deal on their terms because they won. >> in terms of who's going to get blamed if we go over the cliff, ari, is there a...
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. >> stephanie: speaking of bad math, they released the internal polling that convinced romney he would win? their numbers don't tend to be the numbers they were. >> smiley faces. >> exclusive internal polling results from mitt romney's presidential campaign. the results in key swing states wisconsin, pennsylvania, minnesota, iowa, new hampshire showed romney either within striking distance or leading president obama. >> leading by a million points. >> stephanie: in concert with the conventional wisdom that they -- for the challenger, the romney team was convinced they indicated their computer -- their victory was a forgone conclusion. >> computer says no. >> stephanie: okay. reminds me of the budget numbers that those guys were just talking about. they just don't work. but they're the numbers they believe in i guess. all right. did you see this story? where was this? a detached romney tends wounds in seclusion. >> that was "the washington post." >> how sad. >> stephanie: the man who planned to be president wakes up each morning without a plan. gone are the minute by minute schedules an
. >> stephanie: speaking of bad math, they released the internal polling that convinced romney he would win? their numbers don't tend to be the numbers they were. >> smiley faces. >> exclusive internal polling results from mitt romney's presidential campaign. the results in key swing states wisconsin, pennsylvania, minnesota, iowa, new hampshire showed romney either within striking distance or leading president obama. >> leading by a million points. >> stephanie:...
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in new hampshire romney's polls had him ahead by five or three rather. these are like nine-point differences. it also showed the internal numbers were off in wisconsin, and it shows even more clearly why their confidence peeked right before the vote. over the last wecht the romney numbers showed romney gained strong momentum. in wisconsin he lost 4 points as romney gained 4 tied up the race. in new hampshire obama lost four while he gained three. he was talking to romney's sun tagg. as the results were coming in, quote, he looked like he was in a complete state of shock as if these numbers cannot be real. to make matters worse, florida and virginia, two states romney lost, he was told were in the bag. john braybender is an adviser to rick santorum. i want to start with you, john. you're on the inside. you know something about this. do you understand how somebody would think that the electorate that's going to participate in 2012 in a general election with barack obama, an african-american, a democrat, and a relatively popular president would create a dif
in new hampshire romney's polls had him ahead by five or three rather. these are like nine-point differences. it also showed the internal numbers were off in wisconsin, and it shows even more clearly why their confidence peeked right before the vote. over the last wecht the romney numbers showed romney gained strong momentum. in wisconsin he lost 4 points as romney gained 4 tied up the race. in new hampshire obama lost four while he gained three. he was talking to romney's sun tagg. as the...
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when you look at new republican got a copy of romney's internal polling numbers and in which the internal polling he had predicted he would win new hampshire by more than three points and he'd win colorado by 2 1/2. in fact, he lost new hampshire by almost 6 point and he lost colorado by 5. so all the way through, they were in denial and were seeing an election that wasn't there. he lost largely because they totally underestimated in their polling the african-american hispanic and youth turnout. >> and this is why karl rove had that election night meltdown because he was talking to the romney campaign and they said, this is impossible. we can't be losing this election. they were already preparing the transition and had the website ready to go. now i'm glad, as you are, that karl rove isn't suicidal but it wouldn't be so bad for him because he's been so euphoric in each election for the last 12 years that maybe it's time for him to reassess as he is doing. >> or maybe they should see that there's a new america out here that they are not talking to or polling. dana milbank and maully ball,
when you look at new republican got a copy of romney's internal polling numbers and in which the internal polling he had predicted he would win new hampshire by more than three points and he'd win colorado by 2 1/2. in fact, he lost new hampshire by almost 6 point and he lost colorado by 5. so all the way through, they were in denial and were seeing an election that wasn't there. he lost largely because they totally underestimated in their polling the african-american hispanic and youth...
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of their ads, was their polling correct? a lot of people said -- >> how about the summer months where he focused on obama and the economy. i want to talk about, because i can't resist it, it's almost 2013. i think we're well within the bounds. the virginia governor's race. bill bolling, the lieutenant governor, dropped out in twain to make way for bob mcdonnell, currently the governor, dropped out again this week to make way for state attorney jgeneral ken cucinell cucinelli. you have the best friend of bill clinton terry mcauliffe as the democratic nominee. some people are painting this as a tea party against the clintons in mcauliffe. things can still happen. it looks like a fascinating race. >> chris, as you know, political reporters, we only have two gubernatorial races to cover. we give a lot of attention to virginia and new jersey. what's fascinating about virginia, since i've been covering politics on the national stage, the off-year election has proved to be a template if that party that's out of power wins. 2005, ti
of their ads, was their polling correct? a lot of people said -- >> how about the summer months where he focused on obama and the economy. i want to talk about, because i can't resist it, it's almost 2013. i think we're well within the bounds. the virginia governor's race. bill bolling, the lieutenant governor, dropped out in twain to make way for bob mcdonnell, currently the governor, dropped out again this week to make way for state attorney jgeneral ken cucinell cucinelli. you have the...
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everywhere romney went, people were turning out, national polls were tied. romney was ahead by one point or two points. it was in the bag for romney. the media bought into it hook line, and sinker. suckers and there was this whole thing. then of course what happened on election night? surprise surprise. # 1, president obama wins. # 1. no. 2, he wins, not only the electoral votesnumber 1, president obama wins. number 1. no. 2, he wins, not only the electoral votes overwhelmingly and when you add florida it was 332 to 206. that ain't close, folks. not only that. he won the popular vote. helex night. no doubt about who won. he won 8 out of 9 of the battle ground states. that was sweet enough. okay? but here is the deal: a lot of people very long lost sight of. the president's margin keeps growing and growing and growing every day it gets bigger and bigger. because there are so many votes that weren't counted on november 6th and as of this morning, there is still like a million and a half uncounted votes out there, which is a amazing. think about it. the electio
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if governor romney had taken a different position about health care, maybe there could have been common ground at this point. he ran away from the very policy that the president embraced. he ran away from his own record. >> usually when people say, we'll stay in touch, that means they are not going to be talking often. >> exactly. >> but karen, the republicans seemed reluctant to talk about the luncheon but senator reid seemed to be pretty happy to talk about it. let me show what you he said. >> i think this is great. none of us here have any ill will towards mitt romney. we were involved in a campaign. it's over with. i'm very happy to see this picture. it's good for the american people. >> karen, it is good for the american people, especially since the election turned out the way it did. >> yeah. it is. although, i think most of us know that when you say we promise we'll keep in touch, that's when a guy says, i'll call you, you're not going to be sitting by the phone waiting for it to ring. but this is an important part of our democracy. there were obviously huge disagreements about t
if governor romney had taken a different position about health care, maybe there could have been common ground at this point. he ran away from the very policy that the president embraced. he ran away from his own record. >> usually when people say, we'll stay in touch, that means they are not going to be talking often. >> exactly. >> but karen, the republicans seemed reluctant to talk about the luncheon but senator reid seemed to be pretty happy to talk about it. let me show...
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the new cnn-roc poll showing 40% of respondents say they have a favorable opinion of rom my. that is down from 49% just before the election. they say they have an unfavorable opinion of romney is at 50%. that is up from 47%. not exactly the way mitt romney had envisioned himself at the white house. of course, he was picturing himself in the oval office, but the president says he does want to hear romney's ideas for moving the country forward. jim accosta followed romney throughout the campaign. now at the white house there. jim, i can't tell you how many people -- twriter is blowing up -- over recommendations about the menu and what should be on the menu that these two should be eating. crow has come up. you get the picture. right? people are wondering what good will come of all of this. we have taken a live picture there of romney actually arriving at the white house. sdoo that's right. he is here. >> yep. we see him walking up the side entrance there. what's the expectation from romney's point of view? i think bipartisanship will be on the menu. the president extended this
the new cnn-roc poll showing 40% of respondents say they have a favorable opinion of rom my. that is down from 49% just before the election. they say they have an unfavorable opinion of romney is at 50%. that is up from 47%. not exactly the way mitt romney had envisioned himself at the white house. of course, he was picturing himself in the oval office, but the president says he does want to hear romney's ideas for moving the country forward. jim accosta followed romney throughout the campaign....
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the exit polls showed even romney voters support the obama position. they just don't to want do it. at a certain point, do you have to do some things that you want -- you don't want to do. cole made a nice comment. he said this isn't theology, it's about practical politics. we have run this place as everything is an ideological debate for the last two years. tom cole is a voice for practical problem solving. >> congressman peter welch, thank you. >>> next, the white house begins to feel the spirit of the season. so do we. stay with us. ♪ although it's been said many times many ways ♪ new trident layers juicy berry + tangy tangerine is a thrilling, dual-flavored ride to mouth fun-town. but it's not like everyone is going to break into a karaoke jam session. ♪ this will literally probably never happen. but i still have a runny nose. [ male announcer ] dayquil doesn't treat that. huh? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus rushes relief to all your worst cold symptoms, plus it relieves your runny nose. [ sighs ] thank you! [ male announcer ] you're welcome. that's the cold truth! >
the exit polls showed even romney voters support the obama position. they just don't to want do it. at a certain point, do you have to do some things that you want -- you don't want to do. cole made a nice comment. he said this isn't theology, it's about practical politics. we have run this place as everything is an ideological debate for the last two years. tom cole is a voice for practical problem solving. >> congressman peter welch, thank you. >>> next, the white house begins...
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because there are times that happens, they could actually agree. >> and mitt romney polled well when he talked about his ability to work across the aisle when he was governor of massachusetts. and i think that's message for what's going on in washington right now. people are tired of gridlock, tired of the endless ideological warfare, and hopefully that and the fact that the president's numbers are up, hopefully that helps moving into the negotiations about the fiscal cliff and all else. essentially the message in washington, we need to see a little bit of progress. >>> former governor jeb bush met yesterday with former staffers near the white house where he reportedly entertained questions about his political future. >> huh. >> according to "the national review," governor bush sat down with a number of veteran florida operatives along with mitt romney's campaign pollster. the article says mr. bush, quote, remained coy about making a run for the white house. instead deflecting the focus toward his efforts on educational reform. >> and the question is -- richard, the drudge report had
because there are times that happens, they could actually agree. >> and mitt romney polled well when he talked about his ability to work across the aisle when he was governor of massachusetts. and i think that's message for what's going on in washington right now. people are tired of gridlock, tired of the endless ideological warfare, and hopefully that and the fact that the president's numbers are up, hopefully that helps moving into the negotiations about the fiscal cliff and all else....
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hispanics, 71% voted for president obama as opposed to 27% for mitt romney. african-americans, 93% voted for president obama, only 6% for mitt romney. yet now you have the governors and these legislatures ignoring all of that. it seems like they are going on like the election never happened in some states. >> they have amnesia, apparently. because they are getting the gold medal and doing what nobody wants done. republicans mean a complete overhaul of their party. the problem isn't extremists, they are not extreme within the republican party. they are mainstream. mourdock talked about what is within the mainstream of the party. they need a complete overhaul and that takes a lot more effort. >> alicia, let me ask you almost the same thing. how -- what happened to the rhetoric the night of being more inclusive or broadening their base and now we see the governors in these states going back to the same kinds of legislation and rhetoric they had before? and not only the governors and the states, let me put this in addition, as an addendum to my question. the hous
hispanics, 71% voted for president obama as opposed to 27% for mitt romney. african-americans, 93% voted for president obama, only 6% for mitt romney. yet now you have the governors and these legislatures ignoring all of that. it seems like they are going on like the election never happened in some states. >> they have amnesia, apparently. because they are getting the gold medal and doing what nobody wants done. republicans mean a complete overhaul of their party. the problem isn't...
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romney's recent trouncing at the polls wasn't enough evidence, a new survey shows a majority of americans support a balanced approach. two-thirds say that any agreement should include a mix of spending cuts and tax increases with just under one in three saying a deal should only include spending cuts. of course, only 28% say that those in washington will act like responsible adults in this matter with 67% saying they'll behave like spoiled children. can't imagine where they'd get that idea and, unfortunately, for certain gop standard bearers, they will be the target of americans' anger if no deal is reached. with 45% blaming republicans in congress and only 34% blaming the president. by the way, remember that losing presidential candidate we mentioned a moment ago, we got a little glimpse of old mitt this holiday with a facebook photo and brief message. hope everyone had a great thanksgiving. much to be thankful for this year. indeed. he must be very grateful he doesn't have to try and sell his tax plan to a dubious nation. let's get right to our panel now. with us from washington is msnb
romney's recent trouncing at the polls wasn't enough evidence, a new survey shows a majority of americans support a balanced approach. two-thirds say that any agreement should include a mix of spending cuts and tax increases with just under one in three saying a deal should only include spending cuts. of course, only 28% say that those in washington will act like responsible adults in this matter with 67% saying they'll behave like spoiled children. can't imagine where they'd get that idea and,...